Russian Threatens to a Drop Atomic Bomb on Ukraine... Say what?

And yet it has been shown that they would use nukes over Crimea if need be.

“The Russian Federation reserves the right to utilize nuclear weapons in response to the utilization of nuclear and other types of weapons of
mass destruction against it and (or) its allies, and also in the event of aggression against the Russian Federation involving the use of conventional
weapons when the very existence of the state is under threat.”

It was this military doctrine that Lavrov was referring to at the press conference this week. As quoted above, Lavrov began by emphasizing that Moscow
sees Crimea as an integral part of Russian territory. He then stated that Moscow has a military doctrine that “very clearly” outlines how Moscow
would respond to threats to its territorial integrity. The military doctrine “very clearly” states that the “Russian Federation reserves the
right to utilize nuclear weapons” in these situations.

originally posted by: kitzik
a reply to: Psynic
Yes, Rashism seems to me appropriate word for this kind of "national pride"
It is both reminiscent to Fashism and yet sounding somewhat gentle in Russian language

You may not understand the rest of the text, but it is an apology to the current Oligarchy-mafia regime from the
point of view of "simple girl"

Small tactical nukes and radiation bombs are available which do not cause a mushroom cloud the way the bigger ones do.

The objective is to kill troops and disable equipment but buildings are left intact.

There may be more than 10K such weapons in the possession of different countries. Russia may also decide to use its nukes if the going gets too tough
for it.

A neutron bomb still has a blast. Tanks subject to neutron bombs cannot be occupied for a period of time because the metal in the tanks becomes
radioactive by the neutron flux. Plus all of the electronics would be destroyed. The main purpose of the neutron bomb is to lessen the effects on
your own troops. If you want to destroy hardened targets you still need to use a bomb with a significant blast like in this Russia-Ukraine war
scenario:

Kiev’s promise to restart its nuclear weapons program if it doesn't get enough support from the West is completely insane, be it real or just an
empty threat, political commentator Daniel Patrick Welch told RT.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Valery Geletey says:

“If we cannot protect Ukraine today, if the world doesn’t help us, we will have to go back to the development of nuclear weapons, which will
protect us from Russia,” Ukrainian Defense Minister Valery Geletey said in an interview with Ukrainian TV, also claiming that NATO members have
already started supplying Kiev with conventional weapons

--> Going nuclear in a DESTABILIZED country amidst civil war - NOW Ukraine govt officials are THREATENING!!?

originally posted by: GargIndia
An exploded nuke does not leave any evidence as to who detonated it.

If a nuke explodes in Kiev, the reason will be USA.

If delivered by missile or aircraft, it should be relatively easy to trace its origin as intelligence collection platforms would take notice. If
delivered on-site by non-military means it would be difficult but not impossible. There is still a good chance, given an appropriate investigation,
that the source can be identified through a combination of forensic analysis of debris and nuclear composition on-site with traditional investigative
and intelligence analysis methods; however, the former technique seems to be still in development though showing promise.

Suppose that a terrorist group manages to get hold of nuclear material, make a bomb and set it off in a city centre somewhere. Will the
fragments that are left leave clues to who did it, or where the fissile material came from? Tests on residues from the world's first nuclear explosion
suggest they might.
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To investigate what information might be available, physicist Albert Fahey at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg,
Maryland, and colleagues examined the elements, and the ratios of various isotopes, in debris from the first ever nuclear test, carried out on 16 July
1945 at the Trinity site in the New Mexico desert.
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Their preliminary results are proving promising. "You can sort of begin to figure out what elements were in the device and potentially be able to
trace them to their source," Fahey says.

One basic fact his team hoped to show could be gleaned from the trinitite was whether the weapon was powered by plutonium or uranium. As some
countries produce bombs made of one or the other but not both, this could help narrow the list of possible sources. The Trinity bomb was made of
plutonium, and Fahey's team found this element in quantities of up to 400 parts per billion in the trinitite.

A potentially more interesting question is whether a fragment could be traced to a specific plant, based on the ratio of the plutonium isotopes it
contains. Knowing this might help identify its origin, and prevent more material passing into terrorist hands.
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In the parts of the rock where plutonium was found in high concentration, the researchers did find traces of uranium isotopes, as they had hoped.
Their measurements weren't precise enough to pinpoint the material to a particular mine, but they say a more detailed analysis might yield this
information.

Metals are traded internationally, so knowing only where material in a bomb was mined would not necessarily tell you where a tamper was built or who
constructed it, warns Tom Bielefeld of Harvard University, who studies nuclear security.

But Bielefeld recognises that these kinds of clues could prove important when combined with traditional intelligence. "You need to really gather all
the information you can get," he says. "It's really a big puzzle and every clue may be valuable." The work is also "an important contribution to a
body of literature that's very sparse", he adds.

Ukrainian News Agency
Minister of Defense of Ukraine Valerii Heletei has claimed Russia's threat Ukraine with tactical nuclear weapons use.
He has said this at a press-conference.
"I am drawing attention to Russia's threatening Ukraine with the use of tactical nuclear weapons," he noted.
In the current developments, Ukraine is relying on NATO member states' weapons delivery, in the first place, from the United States and Great
Britain, the Ukrainian defense minister stressed.
If the assistance is not provided, Ukraine will have to resume developing its own nuclear weapons, he emphasized.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, Heletei stated the anti-terrorist operation had moved to military confrontation with Russia.

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